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Disbanding Empire

By Adam Smith

Adam Smith could not imagine it would ever happen, but he nevertheless recommended that Britain grant independence to her colonies.

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Progressive Travancore

By S. Ramanath Aiyar

Contemporary historian Ramanath Aiyar catalogued the ways in which Maharajah Moolam Thurunal led the way in modernising British India.

207

The Most Unkindest Cut of All

By Clay Lane

Greek revolutionary Nikitarás gives his ungrateful men a sharp reminder of what really matters.

208

Ring for Service

By Charles H. Ross

A cat belonging to a Carthusian monastery in Paris gets a free lunch, but who is exploiting whom?

209

Britain’s Jews

By Clay Lane

After a thousand years of uneasy cohabitation, Edward I decided that there was no place for Jews in his Kingdom.

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A Cut above the Rest

By Charles H. Ross

With the aid of a slice of beef, a Perth puss takes feline scheming to a new level.

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